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The Strawberry-Butter Pecan Incident (Non-fiction!)
My husband James could be a real jerk at times. That day in the supermarket was one of those times. We were in the frozen food section, with all four of his children. Knowing that we were out of ice cream … Continue reading
Everybody Needs One
When my husband had a cerebral hemorrhage back in January, I spent a lot of time talking with other women in the waiting room of the Critical Care Unit. We compared notes on the illnesses and injuries that our husbands … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Life
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It’s Cinderella’s Fault — How I Became the Wicker Stepmother
When you hear the word stepmother, what adjective springs to mind? Wicked, right? I blame Cinderella, but Walt Disney had a big role too, influencing generations of children. Oh sure, Snow White had a stepmother, but she’s more thought of … Continue reading
Posted in Wicker Stepmother (excerpts)
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Learning to Blog 2
Progress! I’ve learned how to install widgets and plugins. WordPress makes it pretty easy. I’ve added a “Subscribe to my blog” link — see it over on the right in the navbar? That was a public domain widget. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Nuts and Bolts
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No More Clark Kent
I got my hair cut today, and the stylist changed my part. I had grown up parting my hair on the right. Looking in the mirror, a righthand part made my hairdo look like the magazine photos I was copying. … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Life, Self-help
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Nothing But Time
I used to have NBT2G as my personalized license plate. It stood for “Nothing But Time to Give” — a reaction to a time in my life when I felt surrounded by people who only wanted me around for what … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Life
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Last Call
Think back to the last time you called a friend or family member whom you don’t see every day. Now imagine that that call was the last conversation you’ll ever have with that person — are you happy with what you said? My father … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Life
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Welcome to My World
Everyone searches for the meaning of life, or maybe they think of it as their mission in life. I, too, searched for a time. But now I’ve found the mission, the meaning, that works for me. I want to make the world a … Continue reading
Look! Up in the Sky!
It’s not a bird or a plane, it’s a comet — THE COMET actually. THE COMET is my first published book. It is an illustrated fable about love, loss, and growth. Written with deliberate simplicity and primitive imagery, at first glance … Continue reading
Posted in Plugs
Tagged family of choice, healing, love, recovery, relationships
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Learning to Blog
I thought blogging would be easy, but it’s harder than I thought. Oh not the writing — that part is easy. It’s the darned software that’s the problem; it keeps eating my posts. I checked with other authors online and … Continue reading